18 Facts About Jessie Trout

Jessie M Trout was a Canadian missionary to Japan for nearly 20 years until she left Japan during World War II.

Jessie Trout was a leader in the Christian Church, including being the first woman to serve as vice president of the denomination's United Christian Missionary Society.

Jessie Trout co-founded the Christian Women's Fellowship and the International Christian Women's Fellowship, both Disciples groups for women.

Jessie Trout received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Bethany College in 1955.

Jessie Mary Trout was born to Archibald Trout on July 26,1895 at Owen Sound off of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada.

Jessie Trout graduated from Owen Sound Collegiate Institute and studied at the teachers college, Toronto Normal School.

Jessie Trout was a school teacher, when she traveled to Indianapolis in 1920.

Jessie Trout studied at The College of Missions in Indianapolis, which trained missionaries for the Disciples.

Jessie Trout taught at the Margaret K Long for Girls in Tokyo beginning in 1931.

Jessie Trout worked from 1935 to 1940 in an ecumenical program in Kagawa, under Toyohiko Kagawa.

Jessie Trout took a leave in 1940 and due to increased nationalism was unable to return to Japan, losing her belongings, including an extensive print collection.

Jessie Trout aided Maeda in getting scholarships to continue her Christian education, both in Japan and the United States.

Jessie Trout was one of the church leaders who visited Japanese Internment camps during World War II to conduct "mass meetings, seminars, open forums, ministers' conferences, [and] Bible study sessions," serving the Emergency Million Movement as Associate Director.

Jessie Trout worked for the Division of World Missions as a field liaison.

Jessie Trout was a leader in the Disciples of Christ of Thomas and Alexander Campbell.

Jessie Trout helped co-found the Christian Women's Fellowship in 1950 and served as chief executive of the Christian Women's Fellowship.

Jessie Trout helped establish women's groups in Britain and visited women's groups in Thailand, Germany, Japan, the Philippines, Britain, and Pakistan.

Jessie Trout returned to missionary work in Japan 1961 and retired in 1963, intending to continue her efforts as a translator and a speaker and living in Indianapolis in the winter and Owen Sound in the summer.